>I do not understand: Is he asking about food grade sugar (the >product), or about beet roots (the feedstock)? > >It would be pretty....suboptimal to use food grade sugar for fuel >ethanol production..... > >Camillo Holecek
Hi Camillo It's a bit like US corn, isn't it? Currently being burnt as a heating fuel there... See "Feeding the World?" http://www.iatp.org/foodsec/library/admin/uploadedfiles/Feeding_the_Wo rld_The_Upper_Mississippi_River_.htm http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18247/story.htm EU's sugar policy not best for environment - report EU: October 21, 2002 BRUSSELS - The EU's price support system for its sugar producers has helped maintain particularly intensive farming methods with high environmental risks, a report commissioned by EU agriculture chiefs said. [more] Thus EU sugar is flooding markets in various 3rd World countries at artificially low prices that the local producers can't compete with. And so on. The usual story. The 3rd World countries are not allowed such price supports in terms of the WTO etc, but that doesn't stop the EU and the US doing it. "Free trade" they call it. Maybe it's a better idea to keep the stuff at home and put it in the tank rather, food grade or not. Or not grow it at all. Regards Keith >-----UrsprŸngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. November 2002 12:52 >An: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Cc: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com >Betreff: [biofuels-biz] FW: Sugar to ethanol > > >From: "Rodolfo Lindqvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >In the context of discussion of reform of the EU Common Agriculture > >Policy (recognising that the current MTR proposals do not cover the > >sugar regime, but anticipating that such reform may come down the > >line), I was asked the following question: > > > >"By how much would sugar prices within the European Union have to > >fall before it would become economic to consider conversion to > >ethanol for fuel (as per Brazil)". > > > >I'd be very pleased to hear any ideas (in terms understandable to a > >non sugar industry specialist). > > > >Jim Harvey, London > >Biofuels at Journey to Forever >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >Biofuel at WebConX >http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm >List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
